Busy...... again........

It was definitely a hectic June for me. And a great one too.


1. Mia's school won the Wind Orchestra 2009. It was a first for me and hubby to see them perform. And boy, was I impressed! Mia's school played beautifully, as was other SBP schools as well..... But obviously Mia's school stood out.... hehe. I was hooked the minute i walked into PICC..... The atmosphere there with all the SBP students looking so chic and gorgeous, i wished i was back in school.... hehe... The semangat sekolah that they have..... boleh buat meremang bulu roma....


I cheered for Mia's school and also for sikit2 for MCKK.... *smile* wakil dear papa who is not well back home. The kolek boys looked handsome and smart their white suit.



They played beautifully.....


It was definitely an evening to remember. Can't wait for next year.



2. Pu3 won an art competition organized by an optical shop. She now has a voucher worth RM480 for a complete set of Swatch frame and high quality lense..... save duit mama.... hehe



3. Anastassia again has made me proud. She was chosen to become one of the 2 emcees in the Final English Debate National Level. During the ceremony, Timbalan Menteri Pengajian Tinggi Dato' Saifuddin Abdullah complimented her for being able to do a very good emceeing at Form 1, just like the adults, he said, maybe better than some adults. Later when interviewed on TV, Dato' said he just came back Anastassia's college, and was impressed with how well two 13 year olds were in emceeing an official function. He also said that the girls' english are better than some university lecturers! (Over sikit la pulak pujian tu..... hehe)



Anastassia in her Badan Wakil Pelajar attire



Yesterday Anastassia left for a Leadership Camp and will only return to college late Sunday. I'm a bit worried as i know her homework is not done, revision apa lagi.... sigh... i hope she improves in her time management..... she has to.....


4. Pickup up Zaryff's report card this morning. Turun sikit la results dia and his teacher ada kata that she expects Zaryff to be in the top 10. Belas-belas tak main la. She also said something which really makes my day ....... tapi tak leh share la.... hehe



Just look at the time! Gotta go!

Cerita Ceriti

I would like to cerita my activities during the hols.


Tapi before that, ceta Anastassia dulu yer. She called yesterday saying that she was chosen to be the MC in the official ceremony in a Kebangsaan Level competition. Sayang sangat as I could not attend, as hubby being my driver has business meetings in Sabah at that time.... hmm... So Anastassia.... pronounciation biar betul... and clear okay. Her male MC partner is a Form 4 boy, and of course its an honour for Anastassia to be chosen since dia baru Form 1.... selalunya seniors yg get chosen utk benda2 macam ni kan....


Ok ceta holiday. We did not go anywhere sebab Mia nak PMR and she needs all the rest time yg ada.... kat sekolah schedule packed 24/7.


Pu3 dok sibuk suruh i dok baking..... okla so cuti ni i spend a lot of time in the kitchen la. Mula2 buat cupcakes..... Pu3 punya idea la ni..... she's supposed to be my helper. Tapi in the middle of preparing for the dough, Zaryff kacau Pu3, Pu3 got moody and merajuk somewhere in the house, puas i pujuk tapi tak jalan, tengok2 i ada another young helper, si Zaryff la pulak.... hmmm suka pulak dia tolong i..... okla biar my boy blajar ringan tangan in the kitchen ...hehe


The cupcakes turn out beautifully, for a first timer la.... hehe hubby pun beriya puji.... dia suruh buat lagi sebab nak tolong decorate.... tapi tunggu ler yer....


Then Pu3 suruh i buat chocolate chip cookies pulak. aii budak ni.....ok la jugak, boleh buat extra so that Mia and Anastassia can bring back some to college. i kata ok, dengan syarat, no moody2 and she must be my helper from start to end. And she did.... this time zaryff pulak yg moody coz dia nak tolong, tapi my mom suruh dia ngaji dulu.... sigh.....


So dapat 8 balang cookies..... 1 balang kasi neighbour, 2 balang each for Mia and Anastassia, 3 balang gone the same day kena attack by the kids....


But in the end, Mia brought back 1 balang aje.... Anastassia brought back 1/2 balang, coz ada aje tangan yg gatal ambik stock kakak2 ni, termasuk la si kakak sendiri hehe.... padahal puas Helena sorok tu... hehe.



Actually ramai yg suruh Helena jual choc chips ni sebab sedap.... yup my children actually called it "Famous Amos Mama" ....hehe.... nampaknya i kena buat lagi la daripada they all beli Famous Amos tu... selalunya beli 3 kg..... RM21.... hmm tak berbaloi since my recipe is almost similar to it..... maybe la Raya ni i buat lebih sikit..... nak jual.... maybe, maybe tapi tak sure lagi.....


Lepas tu Mia mintak i buat Italian pasta pulak.... mmm. Went to JJ nak beli cream.... What?? RM22 sekotak? The last time i buat early this year was only RM14.... gile betul la......... Memang the kids enjoyed it, and suruh i buat again the next day sebab ada orang datang rumah, and rezeki the visitors tu la kan.... hehe.....



Pu3 came back yesterday with her exam results. Syukur she got no3 in aliran. Actually i did not expect much because in april/may she was absent from class most of the time sebab demam off and on. Dalam 30 hari, dia datang sekolah dalam 16 hari aje. Then my dad masuk hospital and his condition was a bit disturbing, so i mmg tak pandang langsung the kids punya preparation, i wasnt at home much pun sbb jaga my dad at the hospital. Bila kat rumah pun, takda mood nak ngadap anak exam, yela kepala serabut pikir my dad ... tak kuasa nak layan kids for exam. But i bersyukur, Score A did the job la.... It was no hassle at all suruh kids buat Score A, as the program it self is like fun and games. Takda macam belajar pun to them.

Zaryff's results tak tau lagi but so far so good. So should be okayla. I ingat lagi dulu, for the kids to get good results, Helena yg kena all out sit with them esp Zaryff . Tapi now with Score A, tak payah buat macam tu lagi, and the results pun still very good. I like! hehe..... lagi relax la Helena *grin*


Opss gotta go.... need to do my ironing....

My Anastassia!

Time is just running out on me..... for the holidays i mean..... it flies so fast..... *sigh*.......


Mia came back home on the last day of school. Mia sorang ajer balik, Anastassia tak balik because she was at Malacca for a Kebangsaan Level Competition ~ She was there to compete in the Olimpiad KAT1 2009 MRSM seMalaysia.


Last Tuesday, went to pick her up. Rupanya closing ceremony tak habis lagi.... I sneaked at the back of the hall, during the speech by Pengarah Bahagian Pendidikan. I tried to scan the hall, kut2 nampak kelibat Anastassia. Suddenly hubby said, hey isnt that Anastassia at the podium kat depan tu? Cant be, i know Anastassia demam during the entire competition and for the outdoor competition, cikgu keluarkan nama dia bec badan dia panas sgt and batuk2 nonstop.....


I punyala tenung that girl..... ada rupa Anastassia, but why the heck is she at the podium tempat MC? I tenung and tenung.... then this girl ambik mineral water and teguk..... and YUP! thats Anastassia alright..... its well known tat if dia minum air mineral, sebijik macam atok dia.... setiap pergerakan dia tu..... hehe....


Anastassia, first time MCing in a Kebangsaan function



Rupanya masa competition at MRSM TGB, the teachers observed the participants..... and dalam banyak2 pelajar tu ..... around 250 students..... Anastassia was chosen by the judges to become the MC (in english) for the official closing ceremony, alongside a boy from MRSM KKB. During their speeches, En Md Rahim Salim, Pengarah Bahagian Pendidikan commended on her good command of english, whilst Dato' Seri Idris Jusoh said that Anastassia reminded him of Wan Zaleha Radzi. Way to go, girl!!!


And to put icing on top.... Anastassia and her team was the champion!!! Everyone was so happy and jumping for joy..... Memang her college sapu bersih hadiah2 tu...... hehe.... i was so happy for them..... and ada dengar comments from teachers from other colleges complimenting the team for conversing in English most of the time during the competition....


Anastassia with the championship trophy


Their college had a great team.... thats for sure.



After the function, I saw Anastassia's collegemates berkumpul and did their cheers. I did not see Anastassia. Puas la cari, rupa2nya she was being whisked away to be introduced to Dato Seri Idris Jusoh. Lama jugak Dato Seri interviewed Anastassia.


All in all, it was a great start to a great holiday..... dont you think so?

:D

Just can't wipe the smile off my face

Papa is still weak after being discharged from the hospital. Hopefully he gets his strength back soon.


It was a happy week for me. It started with the reunion yg macam jejak kasih.... and I'm happy that my dad can finally put a closure to it. Syukur alhamdullillah. Waiting for the day to come really brought jitters to me...... but in the end it gave me the smile and that smile i bet is going to be there for a while.


Zaryff had his mid terms last week, Pu3 is having hers this week. First time exam tak serentak..... best betul..... i can concerntrate on each child ..... yela tu..... thanks to Score A, the kids did their revision on their own and without having me to nag. Last week, Pu3 attempted the assessment exam and got in the Top100 students list for science ..... and Zaryff punyala jealous, he attacked the questions for 3 hours nonstop sampaila dia pun dapat masuk the Top100. When i checked the next day, i saw that he did almost 500 questions that night!! hehe i tak suruh pun, dia yang buat on his own initiative.... i like it that the questions is made in such a way, kids rasa challenged, just like as if they all main game, nak go to higher levels.... again minimum supervision but results insyaAllah tops.


Yesterday Zaryff naik pangkat in his Taekwondo..... dapat Green Belt. Finally.... hehe.....


Mia called, she sounded happy, which is good considering now tengah exam.....


Anastassia called just now saying that she was chosen for to attend a program (peringkat Kebangsaan) during the school hols. I am so so happy as I know that its not easy to get selected. I hope the preparation for this program would be done after her exams.


Cant wait to see Mia this Friday and Anastassia next week!! Happy Holidays everyone!!!!

Hi................

Sorry for the long silence. Most of my time was spent to be with my dad who is still in the hospital, uruskan whatever necessary at the house while trying to handle 2 very active kids at home and trying to be a mom via phone to my 2 teenagers.


Helena sekarang ni tengah kerinduan..... I miss Anastassia so so much.... Dia boleh balik for the weekend but I told her tak payah, since she just came back from Penang and Kuala Lipis back to back and i just want her to rest in college. Nak suruh dia slow down in koko esp since dia dah wakil college in Public Speaking and Taekwondo. And now pulak preparing for her debate. She's also off and on chosen to be the MC during school functions.... ....in both BM or English....something which i really like her to be exposed in, besides debating. She now needs to crack her books esp since she missed so many classes already.


When I met her last Friday , she looks so cute and mature in her badan wakil pelajar attire. Nampak independent sangat dia. I'm so happy for her there as she's being exposed to a lot of things there, hilang ralat Helena that she could not be in the same school as Mia, although she was in the Pengetua's quota, although dah tau sapa should be her CS, although dah tau she'll be in Yellow house,.... its just not meant to be. Opps macam telepathy pulak.... she just called..... hehe.... but just a short one.


Have been waiting for Mia to call, bertuah budak tu sunyi sepi aje......


Zaryff attended a Kem Kepimpinan Pengawas last week, Pu3 and her team got 3rd placing for choir, lost to chinese schools as expected, but i was taken aback by how good the choir team was. Much2 better compared to previous years.... Janji ada improvement.... ok la tu....


Life is hectic and challenging at the moment. Yela, risaukan my dad la, what else.... Ingat senang ke jadi the only child..... banyak responsibilities tau..... esp at times like these............. Syukur he's improving and Nasib baik ada The Biggest Loser to calm my nerves..... hilangla tension esp since benda tu aired every day....


Ha? telepathy lagi? Mia just called. hehe.... so chiao....

Still busy..........

I predict a busy week ahead.


Mia came back last week for a 5 day holiday. Somehow time flies, whatmore with ferrying papa to and fro to the hospital. Tengok-tengok dah kena send her back to college. Sigh........


Papa is still not well. He worries himself over petty things, which would worsen his condition..... I guess it is true when they say that doctors make the worst patient.


I miss Anastassia so much..... I know she's overwhelmed with a lot of things..... I wish I can visit her, at least can give support but with papa like this, I just cant. She just came back from her Public Speaking competition, in which she lost to her Form 3 opponents. Tiba aje college she had to do her Campaigning Speech. Her college buat Pilihanraya untuk pilih prefects for one week.... and Anastassia was only around masa 2 days, Saturday she gave her Speech, and Sunday called me after all the votes came in saying that she got it! Ada 2 aje tempat for Form 1 and she got it! It seems that she was also chosen by her teachers to be in the Disciplinary Board.... but since she got the prefects thingy, so automatic she cant accept la. It might be interesting to see which portfolios she'll be heading. I'm sure its the easy ones coz seniors sure ambik portfolios yg besar2....


Mmm...... kena beli baju baru la ni..... sebab prefects pakai baju color lain....


She's so active in college that I fear for her exams end of the month. Nasib baik her Taekwondo competition up north will be after the exams. Anastassia? Taekwondo? Mia asked. Hehe.... She's in Bowling Club, but I guess because of the color of her belt in Taekwondo, Sir import dia untuk wakil college kut. First time la ni for her.



Pu3 is excited with her coming Choir Competition this Wednesday. I hope they are able to squeeze through the State Levels. Chinese schools memang terror bab choir ni...



Oh..... did i tell you that I'm wearing my new specs now? Hubby chose the design for me. When I reached home, I asked Pu3 and Zaryff.



Me : "Cantik tak mama pakai specs baru?"

Pu3 and Zaryff : "Cantik..... "

Me : "Betul ke?"

Pu3 and Zaryff : "Betul mama.... cantik......"

Me : "Mana lagi cantik, mama pakai contacts ke... pakai specs?"

Pu3 and Zaryff : ~no answer~

Me : "eh cakapla kat mama.... mama nak tau...."

Pu3 and Zaryff : "pakai contacts lenses mama......" they answered very softly.



Sigh..... maknanya I'do better buy some lenses for functions ke, weddings ker..... mmmm......

Just not in the mood

I'm feeling down at the moment, so I'm just not in the mood.


I accidently poke my eye last week. and therefore had to forgo my contacts and wear my glasses instead. Burukla pulak nampaknya my specs tu. I guess i need to make a new one, esp now that I'm thinking seriously of using the specs 24/7. Takkan sampai tua pakai contacts kut.....


I'm worried of Papa. I hope he'll cheer up and not worry too much.


I'm worried about Anastassia too.... sigh..... she's a worrier like her Atok too..... and like me also, if I may admit.


Pu3 and Zaryff bergaduh is getting to my nerves..... They are getting too much, I just cant stand it. Tak berhenti2 shrieking and shouting, bila kita kasi warning pun, buat donno aje.... sigh..... Jangan tunggu Helena naik hantu sudah!


okla..... i better stop before i naik angin kat sini.... hehe